Washington — In an address to some members of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division in October, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward made an unusual pitch. He wanted to entice the lawyers there to leave their roles and accept temporary stints to help out the National Fraud Enforcement Division, created earlier this year, according to multiple…
Washington — President Trump seems to be reconsidering his approach to Democrats after Tuesday’s massive Republican election losses and has so far made contradictory comments about how he plans to deal with them as they take control of the Senate and the House in January. “We’re going to work with the Democrats,” the president told…
The U.S. economy has remained resilient over the past two years despite a slowing labor market, trade wars and resurgent inflation, but economists are now warning that a convergence of new and lingering threats could test its strength. The “worry list is growing more worrisome,” Ed Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist of Yardeni Research,…
